Alison Baylis Dipwset Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Nz

Marlborough, New Zealand

Senior Account and Brand Manger for Saint Clair Family Estate and Delta Estate Wines.100% Family Owned100% New Zealand Wine100% Sustainable100% PassionateOverview of responsibilities includes:- People Management - managing a team across marketing, account management and export/domestic logistics.- Managing relationships with national New Zealand distributors- Managing international distributors including Asia, Australasian, Pacific, North America and some European clients.- Able to manage all logistics and export administration elements- Running branding sessions, tasting events, client hosting and customer events.General "go-to" person for pretty much anything relating to sales and marketing, answers usually delivered with a smile :)

Marlborough, New Zealand

Delighted to be working for the Saint Clair Family Estate whilst exploring a new life in New Zealand.- Leading both individual and group wine tastings for guests to the vineyard.- Training and educating new team members on Saint Clair wines and viticulture processes.- Responsibilities also include cashing up and locking up cellar door premises.Saint Clair is Marlborough's largest family owned winery, as well as New Zealand's most awarded winery.Their Sauvignon Blancs regularly win global awards, most notably the 2015 best Sauvignon Blanc in the world, and their most recent pioneer block Chardonnay was voted in the Top 10 Chardonnays in the world...Drop by if you're ever in New Zealand and you'll be in for a treat!

London, United Kingdom

My field sales role within Experian Marketing Services has taught me countless transferable skills suitable to a number of different industries. On a day to day basis, my role has involved lots of exciting things, including (but of course not limited to) the following:- Building honest and trustworthy relationships with prospects and clients- Detailed meetings with prospective clients to understand their marketing and CRM challenges- Working with IT teams to understand complex technical requirements- Building business cases for marketing/CRM/IT teams- Proposing appropriate technology and service solutions to meet clients needs- Presenting at director level to gain senior buy-in for projects- Working closely with our internal sales departments to provide cross-department solutions- Supporting our marketing team at events and presentations- Presenting at client conferences on the power of data within marketing- Closing multi-year deals worth £100K+- Helping newbies in our team to settle in, learn Experian processes, policies and all the little quirks of our office- Taking my fair share of coffee runs- Always being a supportive, friendly and all round good egg.

Twickenham, United Kingdom

A sales generation and support role for Adobe account directors.I used my versatile, flexible and people orientated skills to create and nurture sales opportunities within a vast array of sectors including: Retail, telecommunications, pharma, online services, gaming, gambling and utilities.Adobe Campaign became the sixth solution to join Adobe's Marketing Cloud, this brought critical cross-channel campaign management to compliment the existing Analytics, Target, Social, Experience Manager and Media Optimizer offerings. During my time at Adobe (Adobe Campaign, formerly known as Neolane), I was an integral part of the EMEA account development team. I was responsible for generating highly-qualified pipeline for the field sales teams.I developed my understanding of marketing processes and the challenges that marketers face all too often in the digital world, which was vital in helping me uncover business needs and nurturing these opportunities for the Adobe Marketing Cloud field sales team.

Essex, England

I began my management role within the fine dining restaurant during my third year at university, and took on the full time role within days of completing my degree.My role and responsibility included the day to day management of restaurant tasks including running restaurant service, managing a team of up to 14 waiting staff, dealing with any front of house issues, stock takes, ordering of goods, motivating and encouraging staff, increasing positive customer relations, building a strong team focus amongst both front of house and back of house staff, cashing up, and many many more...My role allowed me to be specifically focused on the planning, preparation and co-ordination of events varying from small scale parties to large complex weddings.I saw events through from the initial consultation, taking couples/ clients step by step through the wedding day/event process and encouraging them to make the best decisions most suited to their requirements based on my knowledge and experience.This then allowed me to nurture long lasting relationships with clients and see them through till their special days and beyond. I looked after many repeat event clients, which showed my diligence, care and passion for exceptional customer service.Throughout my almost four years with Milsom Hotels, I learnt a considerable amount about hospitality, management, networking, nurturing, relationship building, upselling and of course, smiling at all times!

Wset Level 4 Diploma, Wine, Merit

Achieved an overall Merit across all six WSET Diploma modules, both theory and practical exams. Passed all exams on first attempts.

Wset Level 3, Advanced Award In Wines, Passed With Merit May 2016

Completed my WSET Level 3 (Advanced) award in wines and Passed with Merit. Spent my weekends and evenings studying towards this.

Wset Level 2, Award In Wines And Spirits, Merit

Completed my WSET Level 2 Qualification in Wines and Spirits during my evenings and weekends over a period of 3 months in 2015. Passed.

Bachelor'S Degree, Politics And International Relations, Upper Second Class With Honours, Politics And International Relations, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Classical and Modern Dance Club- On the Executive Committee Avid member of: Good Food Society Wine and Whiskey.

A Levels

Activities and Societies: Senior Prefect 2008-2009, Public Speaking team leader, Debating Team, Member of the drama and musical.

Gcses, A-A* Grades

Activities and Societies: Head Girl 2006-2007 Lead roles in musical theatre productions Drama Club Chamber choirHead Girl 2006-2007 GCSEs.